Symposium: 'Blazing the Trail: Maryland's First Black Lawyers and the Legacy They Built,' Feb. 16
February 8, 2023
Contact: Office of Advancement and External Relations
Phone: 410.837.5739
"Blazing the Trail: Maryland's First Black Lawyers and the Legacy They Built," an in-person symposium hosted by The University of Baltimore's School of Law's Law Forum, will feature a panel discussion on the state's earliest Black lawyers and the continuing barriers to the bar and bench for Blacks in Maryland. The event, free and open to the public, will take place on Thursday, Feb. 16, from 6 to 9 p.m. in the School of Law's John and Frances Angelos Law Center, 1401 N. Charles St. Attendance details are listed below.
"Blazing the Trail" will provide insights into Maryland's first Black lawyers and the challenges they faced in gaining admission to the bar, as well as obstacles still in existence for Black lawyers seeking bar admission and judgeships. Panelists will include Texas lawyer and author John Browning, Maryland lawyer Domonique Flowers, the Hon. Pamila Brown, J.D. '79, administrative judge of the Howard County District Court, and the Hon. Lynn Stewart Mays, associate judge on the Circuit Court of Baltimore City.
The discussion will be moderated by UBalt Law Prof. Jose Anderson and the Hon. Sidney Butcher, associate judge on the District Court of Anne Arundel County.
This event is co-sponsored by the Historical Committee of the Bar Association of Baltimore City, Gallagher Evelius and Jones, the Harry A. Cole Judicial Council of the Maryland Judiciary, and CRC Salomon.
Learn more about this topic from a discussion on WYPR's Midday program, which aired on Feb. 9.
Read an op-ed on this topic by panelist John Browning in The Baltimore Banner.
Read coverage of the symposium in The Daily Record.
Register for the event here.